Blotter attachment.



E. S. RICE & G. E. BAILLY.

BLOTTER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1913.

1,091,585. Patented Mar.31,1914.

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EUGENE S. RICE AND GABRIEL E. BAILLY, OF LAKE ARTHUR, LOUISIANA.

BLOTTER ATTACHMENT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we. EUGENE S. RICE andGABRIEZ E. Bunny, citizens of the United States, residing at LakeArthur, in the parish of Calcasieu, State of Louisiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Blotter Attachments; and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear. and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to stationery appliances, and it moreparticularly relates to an improved form of blotter holder.

in object of the invention is to provide an improved blotter attachmentwhereby the blotter may be quickly and easily secured on the wrist of anoperator.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be quickly and easily removed from an old blotter and attachedto a new one.

Another object is to provide an attach ment of this character which maybe em iloyed in connection with any blotter of ordinary cl aracter orconstruction.

.inother object is to provide an attachment of this character which maybe quickly, easily and accurately adjusted to wrists of different sizes.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which iscomfortable and convenient for the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is simple of construction, light, neat, and compara tivelyinexpensive.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which isespecially adapted for advertising purposes.

Other objects and advantages may be recited hereinafter and in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, which supplement this specification;Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hand and wrist having our improvedblotter attachment employed in holding a blotter thereon. Fig. 2 is arear elevation View of our improved blotter attachment secured to ablotter. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan View of our improved blotterattachment disconnected from the blotter on which it rests, and Fig. 4is a bottom plan view of a section of a blotter having our improvedblotter attachment secured in place.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characterscorrespond with similar parts throughout the several views, the strip 5of elastic material constitutes the principal element of our invention,and may be of solid rubber, or of fabric and rubber, being preferablyflat. and adapted to have advertising matter printed thereon. A snapelement (3 having a knob 7 thereon is secured on one end of the element5 and is adapted to engage with a second snap element 8, which latter isprovided with a spring 9, adapted to engage with the knob 7. A neck lOconnects the knob 7 with the disk which comprises the base of the snapelement 6, and this head 7 is adapted to be forced through an ordinaryblotter, so that the neck 10 extends through the aperture made by thehead, and the snap element 8 is then forced into engagement with saidhead, for holdingtheblotter securely in engagement with the end of thestrip 5 to which the snap element 6 is secured. The opposite end of thestrip 5 is preferably hemmed at 11, and the adjacent end portion ispassed through an apertured plate or hook element 12 having a hook 13formed thereon. This hook may be stamped from sheet metal, and made ofpliable material, so that the hook may be alternately bent back andforth, for quickly forcing it through a blotter and then clenching itupon the blotter; but, in practice, pliable material need not beemployed when suitable apertures have been previously formed in theblotter, and the hooks may be formed rigidly and of any suitable shapefor effecting easy and secure engagement with the blotters. Thethickness of the material is so slight that the hook may be easily bentby the fingers of an operator or user without the use of tools. The endportion 14: of the tape is bent or folded back upon the medial portionof the strip and engages with a friction plate 15, which is apertured at16 and provided with a bridge 17 between the apertures. The end portion14 and medial portion of the strip 5 pass through the apertures 16, andare slightly curved where they pass around the bridge 17, so that saidend portion has frictional engagement with said medial portion, and alsowith said bridge, while said medial portion has frictional engagementwith the side bars of the plate 15.

It will be seen, that in order to adjustthe length of the strip 5, it isonly necessary to increase the length of the portion 14 between the seam11 and the point where the strip passes through the plate 12, and thento adjust the plate 15 on the strip 5, for holding said strip in itsadjusted position.

In practice, the blotters 18 are manufactured of a suitable size andwith properly located apertures of triangular or other proper shapethrough which the fastening devices may be inserted and secured; but, inthe event that the users supply of such blotters become exhausted, hemay easily prepare, attach and use any ordinary blotter.

In operation, the user having first selected or obtained a piece ofblotter of the desired size, the hook 13 is then passed through orengaged with one of the apertures through the blotter, or else forcedthrough an edge portion of said blotter and clenched or otherwisesecured. The blotter is then placed upon the palm of the hand, so thatits rear end overlaps the wrist, and the tape 5 is then placed aroundthe wrist, and adjusted, as

previously described, to fit the wrist. The knob? is then pressedthrough the blotter, and the snap element 8 is quickly secured in placethereon, whereupon, the writer may quickly blot the matter which he haswritten, and proceed to alternately write and blot, without thenecessity of looking each time for a blotter.

This device is especially useful in addressing envelops, cards, etc.,Where haste is required and where the cards or envelops are to be piledin superposed relation, and it will be seen that its use will result ina great saving of time and in avoiding much unsightly smearing of inkupon the finished work. This device will also be found especially usefulin bookkeeping, as the bookkeeper niay quickly blot his figures, andimmediately turn his pages without danger of smearing the same.

It will be seen that we have provided a device of this character whichis fully capable of attaining the foregoing objects, in a thoroughlypractical and efiicient manner.

e do not limit our invention to the exact details of construction,combinations and arrangements of parts, herewith illustrated anddescribed, but our invention may only be limited by a reasonableinterpretation of the claim.

Vie claim:

The combination with a blotter sheet, of a band having a hook at one endengaged through one edge portion of the blotter sheet, a plate securedto the other end of the band and having a stud formed thereon with anenlarged head, and engaged through the opposite edge portion of theblotter sheet, and a socket member receiving the stud and having a fiatface engaged against the oppo site side of the blotter sheet wherebysaid blotter sheet will be clamped bet-ween the flat faces of the plateand socket member.

In testimony whereof, we afiiX our si natures, in the presence of twowitnesses.

EUGENE S. RICE. GABRIEL E. BAILLY.

Witnesses:

E. G. FRENCH, W. S. STREATER.

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